View source for Singleton railway station (West Sussex)

{{Short description|Former railway station in England}}
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{{Use British English|date=July 2015}}
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{{Infobox station
| name                = Singleton
| status              = Disused
| image               = [[File:Singleton Railway Station.jpg|300px]]
| borough             = [[Singleton, West Sussex|Singleton]], [[Chichester (district)|Chichester]], [[West Sussex]]
| country             = England
| grid_name           = [[Ordnance Survey National Grid|Grid reference]]
| grid_position       = {{gbmapscaled|SU866130|25|SU866130}}
| platforms           = 4
| pregroup            = [[London, Brighton and South Coast Railway]]
| postgroup           = [[Southern Railway (Great Britain)|Southern Railway]] <br /> [[Southern Region of British Railways]]
| years               = 11 July 1881
| events              = Station opened
| years1              = 7 July 1935
| events1             = Station closed (passengers)
| years2              = 28 August 1953
| events2             = Station closed (freight)
}}
'''Singleton railway station''' served the village of [[Singleton, West Sussex|Singleton]] in [[West Sussex]], England. The station was on the former line between [[Chichester]] and [[Midhurst]], a branch of the [[Midhurst Railways]]. It opened on 11 July 1881, and closed to passengers with the line on 7 July 1935.
==History==
The station opened on 11 July 1881. It was designed by [[Thomas Myres|T. H. Myres]], was built in a grand way by its owners the [[London Brighton and South Coast Railway]], which included four platforms, with a subway linking them and the 'Country House' style station building, buffets, long sidings for awaiting trains, a large goods shed for dealing with freight, and two [[signal box]]es to control the station. The main reason for this large building was to deal with visitors to the [[Goodwood Racecourse]], but passengers preferred to use [[Chichester railway station|Chichester Station]] mostly due to the walk uphill to the course from Singleton. It was one of the most visited stations by the LBSCR royal train as the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) used to 'weekend' with the James family at West Dean House. <ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Caiger |first=Denis |date=2011 |title=Forgotten Singleton |journal=The Southern Way |issue=16 |pages=6-21 |isbn=9781906419639}}</ref>
It closed to passengers with the line on 7 July 1935.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Last Chichester Train|work=West Sussex Gazette|date=11 July 1935|accessdate=10 March 2024|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002166/19350711/094/0007|via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Freight services remained until these were withdrawn on 28 August 1953 by [[British Railways]].<ref name=":0"/> The station was later in use by a [[vineyard]] owner, but is now a private residence.
[[Historic England]] [[Listed building|listed]] the former goods shed at Grade II in April 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Former Goods Shed at Singleton Station, West Dean - 1412379 |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1412379 |access-date=10 March 2024 |website=Historic England |language=en}}</ref> This was followed by the former station building in March 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Former Singleton Railway Station, West Dean - 1460651 |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1460651 |access-date=10 March 2024 |website=Historic England |language=en}}</ref>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Disused Rail Start}}
{{rail line|previous=[[Cocking railway station|Cocking]]|next=[[Lavant railway station|Lavant]]|route=[[Midhurst Railways]]|col=FF7518}}
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[[Category:Disused railway stations in West Sussex]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1881]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1935]]
[[Category:Former London, Brighton and South Coast Railway stations]]
[[Category:Thomas Myres buildings]]
[[Category:1881 establishments in England]]
[[Category:Grade II listed buildings in West Sussex]]
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